Masters of commerce (unsw) (1 Viewer)

[sikeveo]

Does anyone know the fees for this? As the FCE site isn't that informative. Also, what majors are available?

 

[Minai]

It's about $20,000 I think (from memory, reading the Good Uni's Guide Postgrad Edition)

Specialisations in the MCom:
Accounting


Accounting

School of Accounting

Strategic Value Management

School of Accounting
Finance


Finance

School of Banking and Finance

International Finance

School of Banking and Finance

Funds Management

School of Banking and Finance

Financial Econometrics

Schools of Economics / Banking and Finance

Banking

School of Banking and Finance
Management


International Business

School of Organisation and Management

Human Resource Management

School of Organisation and Management

Organisation and Management Studies

School of Organisation and Management

Business Strategy

Schools of Economics / Organisation and Management

Business Law

School of Business Law and Taxation
Marketing


Marketing

School of Marketing

Tourism Marketing

School of Marketing
Information Systems


Information Systems

School of Information Systems, Technology and Management

 

[sikeveo]

Im assuming that's per year...

Is it highly regarded in industry? (my sister is considering doing this) She wants to do Finance, but as the Masters in Finance required previous finance knowlegde I assumed the MCom (fins) would need similar experience?

 

[phrred]

No the MFin is more advanced whilst MComm Fin is less specialised and simpler ive heard

An MComm will always sound good to an employer

I think its 20k a year for a 1.5 year degree

 

[Minai]

Yeah, as phrred said, $20k for the whole program (1.5 yrs fulltime)

Can be reduced through exemptions (ie if you've done BCom, you can get all the introductory subjects exempted I think - thus saving more money)

 

[sikeveo]

Ah ok, 20k isn't as bad as i thought then. My sister has no commerce background (she has hsc eco from 9 yrs ago?)

So M Com (fin) is not like M Fin? Will an employer be able to tell the difference?

 

[phrred]

i think MCommerce is more generalised and MFin more specialised, u need previous study in finance to qualify for an MFin

As for employers, i have no idea

 

[SSaint]

To look at it logically, check out the handbook and you'll see that in the MComm finance programs they only offer a fraction of the subjects that the MFin allows you to study. So, logically, the MFin (in terms of finance) would be far more advanced and thus more respected - but it really depends on what employers think of this program. It was "developed in close consulation with the finance sector" - so that should count for something eh?

 

[Minai]

I think the MFin is more of a specialised program for professionals working in the finance sector...like professionals who get MBA's when they become managers

 

[FinANce]

Well, the master of commerce is just a intro commerce degree for people who wants to change specialization. I think its just subjects taught at a slightly faster pace compared with the bachelor version. So it is just a mix of masters/bachelor, since it is a degree for say a person who done arts but now wants to major in finance.

If you are a finance major, you wouldn't do master of commerce and then major in finance again since it's practically the same thing as you did before. So you would pick the master of finance, which is designed for finance graduates who wants to learn more.